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Schwäbisch Hall
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State: Baden-Württemberg
Capital:Schwäbisch Hall
Adm. Region:Stuttgart
Area:1,484.03 km²
Inhabitants:188,062 (2002)
pop. density:127 inh./km²
Car identification:SHA
Homepage:http://www.landkreis-schwaebisch-hall.de' class='external' title="http://www.landkreis-schwaebisch-hall.de">landkreis-schwaebisch-hall
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Schwäbisch-Hall is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Main-Tauber, the bavarian district Ansbach, Ostalbkreis, Rems-Murr and Hohenlohekreis.

1 History

The district dates back to the Oberamt Schwäbisch Hall, which was created in 1803, when the previously free imperial city Schwäbisch Hall became part of Württemberg. After several minor changes it was converted into a district in 1938. In 1973 it was merged with the district Crailsheim and the area around Gaildorf, which was part of the also dissolved district Backnang.

2 Geography

The two rivers Jagst and Kocher, tributaries to the Neckar, flow through the district. The landscapes covered by the district are the Hohenlohe plain (Hohenloher Ebene), the swabian-franconian forest hills (Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge) and the Frankenhöhe.

3 Partnerships

The district has partnerships to the district DelitzschDelitzsch is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Torgau-Oschatz and Muldentalkreis, the city of Leipzig, the district of Leipziger Land and the state of Saxony-Anhalt (districts Merseburg-Querfurt in SaxonyState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area:18,338 km² Inhabitants:4,600,000 2000 pop. density:251 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SN Politics Minister-President: Georg Milbradt ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ SPD Map With an area of 18,400, and the PolishThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t district ZamoscZamosc is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants ( 2004), situated in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Zamosc Voivodship ( 1975 1998). About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park. The city is loc.



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